Courses
Mount Holyoke’s dance faculty and visiting artists are accomplished professionals who teach introductory through advanced courses in performance, composition, analysis, choreography, pedagogy and history/theory. Students may also take dance courses at any of the Five Colleges and receive credit at Mount Holyoke. Five College courses are accessible via the Five College Dance Department website.
A first year student may enroll in technique courses at her appropriate level, beginning (100's) or intermediate (200's), but must audition at the beginning of the fall semester for placement in advanced technique courses (300's). There will be a first year seminar entitled 'Introduction to Dance as an Art Form' offered for spring '12. Also available to first years, and necessary for those students interested in majoring or minoring in Dance to take as soon as possible are:
Dance 151 Elementary Composition
Dance 171: Twentieth Century Dance History
Dance 241: Scientific Foundations of Dance